Means for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like



Oct. 8, 1940.

O. KLOTZ MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND DELIVERING HAIRPINS AND THE ,LIKE

Filed Oct, 5, 1939 I Inf 161;;

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Patented Oct. 8, 1940 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LIEAN S FOB-SUPPORTING AND DELIVERING HAIRPINS THE LIKE Otto Klotz, Chicago, Ill.,assignor of one-third to Milton Klotz, and one-third to Jerry Kramer,both of Chicago, Ill.

Application October 5, 1939, Serial No. 298,087

11 Claims. (01; 312-83) This invention relates to means for supportingFig.4 is a cross sectional view taken substanand delivering hairpins andthe like and it has tially at the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. for its object theprovision of a new and im- Referring now to the several figures of theproved form and arrangement of parts by which drawing, in whichcorresponding parts are in- 5 a series of hooked members such ashairpins are dicated by the same reference characters, readily availablefor use, one at a time, by hairindicates a base member of wood, or thelike, dressers, for example. An operator in a beauty having an auxiliarybase member ll preferably of parlor often requires a very considerablenumsheet metal hingedly connected therewith at [2. her of hairpins andit is highly important, from Upon the top face of the auxiliary basemember 10* an efficiency and speed standpoint, that the pins II, asupporting member IS in the form of a be quickly and easily availableone after another sheet of metal is secured on edge, being held with aminimum of attention on the part of rigidly in position with respect tothe plate II the operator so as to enable the operator to give in thearrangement shown by means of angle his undivided attention to themanipulation and bars I4 and I5, as is best shown in Fig. 1. As isarrangement of the hair. clearly shown in Fig. 2, the upper edge pori5For meeting these requirements, I have protion of plate I3 is obliquelydisposed so s to vided an improved arrangement of mechanism provide aninclined slide bar portion [6 adapted adapted to support a large numberof hairpins to slidably support a plurality of hooked memand arranged sothat the removal of one pin bers such as hairpins ll of ordinary form,such from its final support position serves to permit hairpins beingsupported in straddling relation 20 the next adjacent pin on the supportto move to the platet t e reel edge of the y p forwardly into a similarfinal support position tion of plate I 3, an extension portion I8 isprowith its leg portions hanging free and clear so vided of triangularform tapering to a point at as to be readily and quickly grasped by anoperl9. As is best shown in Fig. e portion i8 ator. My preferredarrangement comprises an in the arrangement shown is bent around toward25 inclined supporting bar upon which hairpins are the' fr t s s tocause the extreme d p to be arranged preliminarily, together with .a,tion of the extension l8 to extend forwardly. At movably mounted leverat the lower portion of the opposite edge o the plate it is p d thesupporting bar so positioned that the rewith a forwardly'pr j ngeXtensiOn U t e 11p- 0. moval of the pin from the lower end of the barDer edge portion of which is substantially parallel serves by a cammingaction to give the lever an with the slide bar DOItiOn 0f t o y f eoperative stroke for releasing the next adjacent plate, being arrangedat a slightly lower level. hairpin from engagement with a retainer by AtDD sides of the plate 3 in Conve which the supply of pins is held in aslightly iently spaced relation thereto, I have provided elevatedposition on the supporting bar. It has standards 2| and 22 provided attheir upper ends 35- been one of the objects of this invention toprowith horizontally disposed pins 23 and 24, revide an improvedarrangement of elements comspectively, extending toward the plate 13.Upon prising a grooved part adapted to be moved by such pins, I havepivotally mounted a lever or the lever into position for receiving asingle hairarm 25 the rear end portion of which is in the pin into thegroove so that upon the return moveo o a y Comprising legs 26 end y 4oment of the lever such engaged pin is moved which the lever is movablymounted in position. downwardly with the lever away from the supply In earrangement shown, the ever 25 and the of pins on the supporting bar.connected mounting legs 26 and 2! are formed in- It is another object ofthis invention to imtegrally' Out of sheet metal, the ends of the legsprove devices of this type in sundry details here- 6 a d- 21 beingtwisted t u 90 for xp d 45' inafter pointed out. The preferred means bying their Connection With the p 23 and As which the several objects ofthe invention have is clearly shown in the lever 25 s be been attainedare illustrated in the accompanydownwardly somewhat sharply immediatelyin ing drawing, in which front of the crossbar portion 28 of the yoke soFig. 1 is a top plan view of the preferred form as to bring the face ofthe lever 25 closely adja- 50 of the improved device. cent to theshoulder at the lower end of the Fig. 2 is a side elevational view ofthe device. slide bar portion iii of the plate l3. At a still Fig. 3 isa side elevational view of a portion further advanced point, the lever25 is bent of the device with the controlling lever in downwardly andthen upwardly to provide a 56 changed position; and bowed portion at 29,such bowed portion being provided with a slot 33 adapted to'receive theend of the forwardly projecting slide bar 20 therein, as is clearlyindicated in Fig. 2. In the position of the parts as shown in Fig. 2 thelever 25 is supported by engagement with the forwardly extending plateportion 20.

At the portion of the lever 25 directly opposite to the shoulder at thelower end of the slide bar portion Hi, I have provided a bearing plate3| the rear edge of which stands normally in close proximity to theshoulder at the lower end of the slide bar portion IS. The arrangementis such that when the lever 25 stands in the position as shown in Fig.2, a series of hooked parts such as hairpins I! are held in position onthe slide bar I6, the bearing plate 3| serving to prevent the pins fromsliding oiT the lower end of the slide bar. When, however, the lever 25is raised to the position as shown in Fig. 3, a recess 32 in the form ofa notch in the edge of the bearing plate 3| is brought into positionopposite the lowermost hairpin I! on the slide bar l6 so as to permitsuch lowermost pin to enter the slot 32. The arrangement is such thatupon the next succeeding downward movement of the lever 25 the singleone of the pins ll engaging the notch 32 is moved downwardly with thelever so as to be freed from the lower end of the slide bar l6. As soonas the lever 25 reaches its normal lowered position as shown in Fig. 2,the pin is freed in turn from the bearing plate 3| and is permitted todrop into engagement with the inclined upper face of the extension 20,the downward movement of such pin being stopped when the pin reaches thebowed portion 29 of the lever.

Upon the upper ends of the standards 2! and 22, I have rigidly mountedin position a heavy yoke 33 the cross bar portion of which is rigidlyconnected with a guard bar 34 which is held in slightly spaced relationto the slide bar 16 for preventing the hairpins H from becomingdisarranged upon the slide bar.

With the parts in position as shown in Fig. 2, a considerable number ofhairpins I1 are placed in position upon the upper end portion of theslide bar 16, the inclination of the slide bar being such that the pinsare adapted to slide downwardly between the slide bar l6 and the guard34 until they are brought into engagement with the bearing plate 3 I. Inorder to control, more or less, the pressure of the pins against-thebearing plate 3|, I have provided a set screw 35, mounted adjustably inthe auxiliary base plate II, for enabling an operator to change theangle of the slide bar l6 as may be required. In the arrangement shownin Fig. 2, the auxiliary base plate II is shown in slightly raisedposition by reason of the set screw 35 being in operative engagementwith the base M). It will be appreciated that the angle of inclinationof the slide bar Hi can be decreased by turning the set screw 35 in thedirection for raising the auxiliary base plate II still further. Thepressure of the hairpins l1 upon the bearing plate 3| is still furtherlimited by the curvature of the extension [8 to one side and thenforwardly, it being appreciated that the presence of this return bend inthe slide bar serves to have a braking effect with respect to thedownward movement of the pins upon the slide bar.

With a plurality of pins I! in position upon the device as shown in Fig.2, with a single pin I! in position upon the forwardly extending portion20, the device is in condition for normal use. When an operator desiresa pin, the lowermost pin 11 adjacent to the bowed portion 29 of thelever is, of course, readily available, since it hangs with the majorportion of its length clear and free below the projecting portion 20 andthe lever 25 and well in advance of the body portion of the plate 13.The arrangement is such that the single pin II on the extension 20 canbe drawn very quickly and easily downwardly and toward the left in Fig.2 out of position on the device, such downward movement of the pin I1serving by a camming action on the loop 29 to move the lever 25 upwardlyinto the position as shown in Fig. 3 so as to release the next adjacentpin H which moves promptly on the next succeeding downward stroke of thelever 25 into position on the extension 20 to be stopped by said leveras shown in Fig. 2. The arrangement is such that as many pins as arerequired can be moved one at a time with no delay whatever and with noattention whatever on the part of the operator.

While the form of device as shown in the drawing and as above describedis preferred, it is to be understood that the invention is not limitedto the form and arrangement shown and described except so far as theclaims may be so limited, since changes might well be made in the formand arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

I claim:

1. A device for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like,comprising in combination a metal plate on edge for slidably supportinga plurality of hooked parts engaging the plate at their hooked portionsand held so as normally to escape from the support one at. a time, and amember movable adjacent to the point of escape of said hooked parts fromsaid support adapted normally to prevent a hooked part from sliding offthe support and provided with a recess in its face adapted by engagementwith a single one of said hooked parts upon movement of said memher tocarry said hooked part off the supporting means.

2. A device for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like,comprising in combination a supporting member in inclined position forsupporting a hooked part so as to slide downwardly therealong and off atits lower end, and a vertically movable member having a transverselydisposed recess in its face adapted in normal position to hold saidhooked part from movement off the lower end of the supporting member andmovable upwardly into position to receive said hooked part into saidrecess for movement downwardly off the supporting member upon the nextsubsequent downward stroke of said vertically movable member.

3. A device for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like,comprising in combination a slide bar for supporting a plurality ofhooked parts so as normally to escape from one end of the bar one at atime, a lever pivotally mounted,

in position with a face portion normally standing opposite to theend ofthe barfor preventing the escape of the hooked parts from the bar andprovided with a recess adapted upon an op-- erative movement of thelever to receive a hooked part therein and release it from the bar, anauxiliary support to which a hooked part passes when released from saidbar, and means actuated by removal of a hooked part from said auxiliarysupport to give said lever an operative stroke.

4. A device for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like,comprising in combination a slide bar in inclined position forsupporting a plurality of hooked parts so as to slide downward- 1ytherealong and off at the lower end of the bar, and a lever pivotallymounted in position with a face portion normally standing opposite tothe lower end of the bar adapted normally to prevent the escape of thehooked parts from the bar and having a transverse groove in said faceportion which in the movement of the lever is carried toward and fromthe end of the bar so as to receive a hooked part into the groove at oneposition of the lever and to release the hooked part from the bar uponthe subsequent movement of the lever.

5. A device for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like,comprising in combination a supporting member in inclined position forsupporting a plurality of hooked parts soas to slide downwardlytherealong and 01f at the lower end of the member, means for adjustingthe angle of inclination of said supporting member, and a retainermovable adjacent to the lower end of said supporting member adapted innormal position to prevent a hooked part from sliding off the supportand provided with a recess adapted in a raised position of the retainerto receive therein the lowermost hooked part on the support for movingsaid hooked part downwardly therewith for escape from said supportingmember.

6. A device for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like,comprising in combination means for slidably supporting a plurality ofhooked parts so as normally to escape from the support one at a time, amember movable adjacent to the point of escape of said hooked parts fromsaid support adapted normally to prevent a hooked part from sliding offthe support and provided with a recess in its face adapted by engagementwith a single one of said hooked parts upon movement of said member tocarry said hooked part 01f the supporting means, and means actuated bythe removal of one of said hooked parts from the device for giving saidmovable member an operative stroke for releasing another hooked partfrom said supporting means.

'7. A device for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like,comprising in combination a slide bar for supporting a plurality ofhooked parts so as normally to escape from one end of the bar one at atime, a lever pivotally mounted in position with a face portion normallystanding opposite to said one end of the bar for preventing the escapeof the hooked part from the bar and provided with a recess adapted uponan operative movement of the lever to receive a hooked part therein andrelease it from the bar, a second slide bar at a lower level than saidfirst named slide bar for receiving the hooked part from said firstnamed slide bar, and cam means connected with said lever actuated by ahooked part when moved from said second slide bar for giving the leveran operative stroke for releasing another hooked part from said firstnamed slide bar.

8. A device for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like,comprising in combination a supporting bar in inclined position forsupporting a plurality of hairpins so as to slide downwardly therealongand ofi at the lower end of the bar, a lever pivotally mounted inposition with a face portion normally standing opposite to said lowerend of the bar for preventing the escape of the hairpins from the barand provided with a recess adapted upon an operative movement of thelever to receive a hairpin therein and release it from the bar, a secondslide bar in inclined position at a lower level than said first namedslide bar in position to receive a hairpin from said first named slidebar, and cam means connected with said lever actuated by a hairpin whenremoved from said second slide bar for giving the lever an operativestroke for releasing another hairpin from said first named slide bar.

9. A device for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like,comprising in combination a metal plate supported on edge and having itsupper edge inclined for supporting a plurality of hooked partsstraddling the plate so as to slide downwardly therealong and oil? atthe lower end of the inclined portion, a. lever pivotally mounted inposition with a face portion normally standing opposite to the lower endof said inclined portion ior preventing the escape or the hooked partsfrom said inclined portion and provided with a recess adapted upon anupward movement of the lever to receive a hooked part therein so as tocarry such hooked part downwardly upon the return movement of the lever,a second slide support for said hooked parts below the level of saidfirst named inclined portion in position to receive the hooked part intoposition thereon when released by said lever, and means carried by saidlever normally standing opposite to said second slide support at aportion or its length arranged so that a hooked part when slidalong saidsecond support for removal from the device gives said lever an operativeupward stroke for releasing another hooked part from said first namedinclined portion.

10. A device for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like,comprising in combination a sliding off the support and provided with arecess I adapted in a raised position of the retainer to receive thereinthe lowermost hooked part on the support for moving said hooked partdownwardly therewith for escape from said supporting member.

11. A device for supporting and delivering hairpins and the like,comprising in combination a supportingmember in inclined position forsupporting a plurality of hooked parts so as to slide downwardlytherealong and off at the lower end of the member, a guard rail mountedin slightly spaced relation to said inclined support for preventing thehooked parts from becoming disarranged thereon, and a retainer movableadjacent to the lower end of said supporting member adapted in normalposition to prevent a hooked part from sliding off the support andprovided with a recess adapted in a raised position of the retainer toreceive therein the lowermost hooked part on the support for moving saidhooked part downwardly therewith for escape from said supporting member.

' O'ITO KLOTZ.

